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a sop to Cerberus
a sop to Cerberus
A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
CÉLia | | SE-lyə | Portuguese |
MĂDĂLina | | - | Romanian |
BŁAŻEj | | BWAH-zhay | Polish |
Ratna | | - | Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Nepali, Indonesian |
Senka | | - | Serbian, Croatian |
Camryn | | KAM-rin | English (Modern) |